Re: [WIP] Trumpeter 1/35 USMC LAV-AT "Operation Desert Storm"
That is the one for the LAV-C2 I did. I basically painted it green, drew out the pattern for the brown with a pencil and filled in with NATO Brown (actually I think Vallejo Air Tank Brown), and then once that was dry, drew out the pattern for the black with a pencil and filled (Vallejo Air Black Grey). I actually mis-labeled one of the black panels. When I drew them out, I put a B in the center of the panel so I would know which to fill in...and missed one....well...actually filled in the panel beside it. Pencil lead doesn't come off of a matt finish very easily, but the beauty of armor is it ends up being weathered to the point that usually you can't see it anyway in the end, and if you do...then some strategically placed mud, or a pack will hide it. Lets see you do that on a Natural metal aircraft finish!! LOL.
Point being, I think the different models of the LAV, while having a similar pattern, I think the pattern is different. The LAV-AT and LAV-C2 are similar, but different, as would be the straight LAV25. I am sure if I looked at the LAV-AD I have here, it would again be a similar, but actually different pattern.
As far as tying the colors together, what SMM says will work, just make sure you thin your green out about 15-20 to 1 thinner to paint, you want it really thin. Essentially what you are doing is a filter coat, just applying it via airbrush as opposed to using something like the Mig Filters, or dot filter method. Same principle as using a highly thinned Buff or Deck Tan to represent a layer of dust overall the vehicle.
Its hard to tell in some images, but photos of the real vehicle and the Trumpeter markings sheet are actually very close.